A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation Dr. David Bergvinson, DG, ICRISAT

SRF

17SustainableDevelopmentGoalswithemphasisonsustainableandequitablefoodsystems

Webelieveallpeoplehavearighttonutri1ousfoodandbe5erlivelihoods

ICRISATworksinthedrylandtropicsofsub-SaharanAfricaandAsiato:

Ourresearchac>vi>esarefocusedoncropsofimmensevaluetothenutri1onandeconomicsofthesemi-aridtropics–drylandcereals(sorghumandmillets)andgrainlegumes(chickpea,pigeonpeaandgroundnut).

ICRISAT-Our“Why”

WHYLEGUMES?

CLIMATE-HARDY,MICRONUTRIENT-DENSECEREALS

ICRISAT’sholis>capproachtotheagriculturalR4Dvaluechain

Cross-cuTngissues

Mainstreamingnutri>on

Empoweringwomen–womenareconsulted,

involvedandsupportedtolead

AUrac>ngyouthtoagriculture

ApproachforAdop>onPar>cipatoryapproachandpartnering–

workingsidebyside

Buildingcapacity–atana1onaland

locallevel

Integra>ngcommunica>ons-to

buildawarenessandshareknowledge

Monitoringandevalua>on–for

feedbackandadjustment

Policysupport–workcloselywith

governmenttoencouragethe

neededpolicies

Developingon-farm

prac1cesandtechnologies

Analyzingkeyproblems

andopportuni1es

Managingsoilandwater

CropImprovement&seedAccess

DiversifyingFarms

Introducingprocessing

Facilita1ngmarketaccess

Drivingmarketdevelopment

ManagingandSustainingCropCollec>ons(ICRISAT)

Morrisetal.,2013.PNAS110:453-458

Population genomic and genome-wide association studies of agroclimatic traits in sorghum – 971 accessions

UnleashingGenomicstoAccelerateGene>cGain

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Interna>onalPearlMilletGenomeSequencingConsor>um

India

RevolvingSeedFund

Boundarypartners

Leadfarmers

Broadercommunity

ICRISAThasbuiltalargenetworkofdeliverypartnerscapableofiden>fyingandequippingleadfarmers…

…whorapidlymobilizedothersintheircommunitytoadoptnewvarie>es,therebymo>va>ngseedcompaniestoproduce,promoteanddistributeimprovedvarie>es

ScienceofDeliveryandAdop>on

Leadfarmershaveinterestandcapacitytoassistothersincommunity,areinfluen1alandtrusted,andcantakeriskwithtes1ngnewtechnologies

BoundarypartnersarecommunitybasedNGOs&governmentextensionsystemwithalignedgoals

Par>cipatoryVarietySelec>on–askingthefarmfamilywhattheywantinanewvariety

Swarna-sub1

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CropImprovement&seed

Fivenewvarie1esincludingICGV-SM03517nowcalledWamusanga(werereleasedinSeptember2015.

SoilMappingasanentrypointunderBhoochetana:OurWatershedStory

Village1999

District2006

State2009

Na>on2015

• All37func1onalwells• Wateravailabilityyear•  round

PartneringwithcorporatesinvariousdistrictsacrossdifferentstatesinIndia.

Benefi_ngover5millionsoffarmersacrossKarnata

Genesis:Kothapallyvillage,Telangana

ICRISATisworkingcloselywiththeGovernmentofIndiatoscaleupitslearnings

andwater

Managingsoilandwater

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